Re: [CR]Stripped rear hub - who's at fault? (Duncan Granger)

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From: "g.boggs" <g.boggs@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Stripped rear hub - who's at fault? (Duncan Granger)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:36:57 -0500
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The threads on most flip flop hubs that I've seen have been poor at best.If the thread pitch diameter is too small, the cog is only retained by the very crest of the thread profile. You can Google info on thread class fit for a better understanding. There really is nothing the shop could have done here either to help or hurt. Can you link to a photo of the threads on your hub?
Greg Boggs
Waterford, MI


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Subject: [CR]Stripped rear hub - who's at fault? (Duncan Granger)



> I'm not asking for a legal opinion, just your opinion based on experience.
>
> I recently had a pair of wheels built for a single-speed. The rear hub is
> an NOS flip-flop with an aluminum body. I am running 16t fixed cog and
> 17t freewheel. Chainring is 46t. The hubs are 32 hole, never even built
> up before. No shop wear.
>
> Anyway, today I put them on my old Ross Signature and took a ride. After
> just a few miles, I was riding up a steep hill - about 10 or 12 %. I was
> out of the saddle, working hard, when the fixed cog stripped.
>
> Hoping it was just the cog and not the hub, I walked it home. But of
> course, steel cog, aluminum hub body - the hub threads are stripped. When
> I pulled the cog off, I noted that the shop mechanic who assembled the
> wheel for me did not use any lube on the hub threads or cog threads.
>
> So here's my question: who is at fault? Should I get a refund from the
> manufacturer (who is still in business, and I bought the NOS hub from them
> on their website)? Or should I have my local shop, which built the wheel,
> pony up the dough for a new hub? In other words, did it strip b/c the cog
> was not lubed, or did it strip because the hub threads were too soft?
>
> For reference, I am 6' 2" and weigh 170 lbs. I am a strong rider, but not
> close to pro level (I usually average 20 mph or so on rolling local
> rides). Weather (if that matters?) was 45 degrees F.
>
> So who's at fault?
>
> Duncan Granger
> Mountville, PA
>
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